Biography of Diego José Abad (1729-1779)

Mexican poet, born in Jiquilpan, Mexico, and died in Bologna. Under the name of Didacius Josephus Abadius, wrote in latin Deo Deoque Homine Carmina Heroica, poem divided into two parts. When the Jesuits were expelled from Mexico in 1767, Abad moved to Ferrara and Bologna, the city where he died.